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Literacy & Tech Connect:

Thanks to Meredith Perry, Reading and Curriculum Specialist for the slideshow:

Two more of Meredith's website suggestions:

http://www.lauracandler.com/ strategies/balancedlit.php

"Laura Candler is AWESOME !! She does some work for Kagan Cooperative Learning, and offers a lot for free as well."

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/ staff/bnewingham/myweb3/

"This is Beth Newingham's website. She is terrific! She does some work with Scholastic and has some great information and ideas for free."

Great Site: Teaching & Learning in Digital Age: Lots of co-op and tools for ELLs & ALL!

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Jill's Wiki from MN ELL conference presentation: ELLs and Academic Language

Comprehensive List of Web 2.0 sites (for MS/ HS)

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Photos & More:
PicLits words & pics
Teacher's Blogpost re: piclits
PicLits FB page
6 Word Stories.net
Wiki of 6 word story projects
6 Word Stories for ELLs
6 word stories... and more (from a Biology teacher's wiki!)
Play 5 Card Flickr Stories
Flickr 5 Card Stories

Vocab Videos via Wordia

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Two Schools Work Together for Read Across America Day
Animoto! (get free Education upgrade!)

Jill's Delicious Bookmarks for Infographics & photo stories

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Comic Strips for Language Use:

Using comic strips for Grammar

10 ways to create comics online via Free Tech for Teachers

6 Sites for Creating Your Own Comics Via Mashable

Make Beliefs Comics

Free Comic Creating Site from Box of Tricks

Read Write Think's comic Creator

Bitstrips comic creator

Pixton Comic Creator

7 Best Tools to Create Comic Strips Online

10 Best Websites To Make Comic Strips

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Check out KidBlog: simple, free and safe for classroom blogging!

Tips for using blogs in the classroom

Class example of KidBlogs

4th Grade Class using Kidblog

Blogging in Middle School

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Additional Resources

Excellent collection: WV Reading & Vocab Strategy Bank

9 Hot Web Tools for Students
Kevin Honeycutt's List of tools by category!

Reading strategies and matching forms- Greece School District, NY

RAFT reading and writing strategy

Almost endless wiki of graphic organizer tools and resources

First Grade Website of Reading Strategies

Grade 1 & 2 Wiki and sites

Elementary reading comprehension & vocabulary strategies

Primary Class Wiki

Class reading collaborations via Skype

Little Bird Tales- simple digital storytelling site

Zooburst: Create 3D pop-up books online

EdTech Pirates: storytelling and writing projects + resources

Cybraryman's list of digital storytelling sites

The Center for Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling with the iPad

"The Nerdy Teacher's new Blogger cafe in the classroom

Fake Facebook template for biographies, and current or historical figures

Wiki of reading and language arts resources

TeacherTube, and other YouTube alternatives for instructional use (part 1 of 2)

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Google Tools to support Bloom's Taxonomy!

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Woices: voices and geography/ places
15 Ways to Use Web conferencing in the Classroom
Skype in the Classroom

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http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=6010&title=Escalator




Reaching ELLs With Mobile Devices
Ipad Apps for ELLs
Digital Storytelling with the iPad
Teaching with an ipad wiki
Elementary Web Sites for English Language Learners

Refugee Stories Voice Thread

Mr. Gary's Ideas- online activities for ELLs
21st Century Learners: ELL Students and Technology